IBM 2140, 2142 manual File Editor, Ascii, Editor from

Cause Actions

No operating system Install an operating system on the boot drive. installed on the boot

drive.

The	boot	sector on Thethe drive				must		be	formatted, do	the following:
start-up drive			is	1. Attempt		to		access and recover (back-up) the
corrupted.
				failing		hard		disk drive.
				2. Using the operating systems						programs, format
				the	hard		disk		drive.
The	drive	is	defectiveReplace.		the		hard		disk drive.

File Editor

The File Editor is an		ASCII	text editor that uses simple function key
commands. To	access the	File	Editor:
1. SelectFile	Editor from	theUtility	Menu ; then pressEnter .
2. Insert	a diskette	into	Drive A or Drive B before selecting the file you

want to edit, then select

the

file

you want

to

edit

from

the Files

selection

box.

3. Make

your

changes. The

arrow keys

move

the

cursor

within

the text

area

and

the

function keys

perform

editing

functions.

4. When

you

are

done,F2

presstoview

file

options

such

as

New,

Load

File,

Save,

Save As, Print, or ExitEsc . toPressgo to

the

previous

screen

or

selection,

or

to

exit the

file

editor.

The

PC-Doctor

File

Editor

is designed to help edit

configuration

files. The

largest

file

that

can be

edited

is

32000

bytes

or

4000

lines

whichever

limit is

met first. Lines can be

up

to

256

characters

long.

The

most

commonly

edited

files,

AUTOEXEC.BAT

and

CONFIG.SYS,

can

be

loaded

with

functionF3

andkeysF4 respectively.

Note:

Always make a backup copy on a self-starting diskette of the AUTOEXEC.BAT and CONFIG.SYS files beforemaking any changes.

The default text editing mode of the File Editor is the insert mode.

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